On October 15th, the official account of the Shenzhen Health Commission accidentally started a live broadcast while testing the signal. Amidst the confusion, a staff member exclaimed “It’s over” and immediately shut down the broadcast. The related footage was screen-recorded by netizens and circulated on social media platforms.
With 1.17 million followers, Weibo user “DaXiangGuanDian” and several other KOLs revealed that at 7:09 pm that evening, the Shenzhen Health Commission’s new media team accidentally hit the broadcast button while testing the live signal. The livestream room was titled “1111” with only an empty sofa in the frame. Realizing the broadcast was ongoing, a staff member exclaimed “It’s over” before promptly ending the livestream.
The eerie image of the empty sofa coupled with the sudden exclamation prompted some netizens to liken it to a scene from a horror movie, sparking various speculations. As the screen recordings spread, this brief live broadcast mishap quickly garnered attention.
Following this incident, the official account of the Shenzhen Health Commission commented on a related post: “Disperse, just testing the signal, will start doing educational live broadcasts from tomorrow.”
Many netizens jokingly remarked that the essence of the event was a live operation error by the new media team, a common occupational mishap in the realm of “working like oxen and horses.”